chapters

Question 1

chapter 1
key moment and clues:

Answer 1

• The Sound of the Shell
• Key Moment: Ralph blows the conch for the first time and the boys assemble.
• Clues: Introduction of characters; conch; “we can use this to call the others”; democracy beginnings.

Question 2

chapter 2
key moment and clues:

Answer 2

• Fire on the Mountain
• Key Moment: The boys light the first signal fire, which spirals out of control.
• Clues: Excitement → chaos; “the crowd was as silent as death”; the missing boy with the mulberry birthmark.

Question 3

chapter 3
key moment and clues:

Answer 3

• Huts on the Beach
• Key Moment: Conflict between Ralph and Jack over building shelters vs hunting.
• Clues: Rising tension between civilisation and savagery; Simon’s first mysterious retreat into the forest.

Question 4

chapter 4
key moment and clues:

Answer 4

• Painted Faces and Long Hair
• Key Moment: Jack paints his face and lets the signal fire go out while hunting.
• Clues: “The mask was a thing on its own”; missed rescue ship; Ralph vs Jack tension peaks.

Question 5

chapter 1
key moment and clues:

Answer 5

• Beast from Water
• Key Moment: The boys debate the existence of the beast during an assembly, ends in chaos
• Clues: Fear becomes internalised; Piggy’s logic vs irrational fear; breakdown of order.

Question 6

chapter 6
key moment and clues:

Answer 6

• Beast from Air
• Key Moment: Sam and Eric discover the dead parachutist and mistake it for the beast.
• Clues: The “beast” becomes real in their minds; fear escalates; symbolic “fall from the sky”.

Question 7

chapter 7
key moment and clues:

Answer 7

• Shadows and Tall Trees
• Key Moment: The boys, including Ralph, participate in a mock pig hunt that turns violent.
• Clues: Ralph’s descent into savagery; “I hit him! I hit him!”; dark foreshadowing.

Question 8

chapter 8
key moment and clues:

Answer 8

• Gift for the Darkness
• Key Moment: Jack forms his own tribe and the Lord of the Flies is created.
• Clues: Sow’s head on a stick; Simon’s hallucination; “I’m the Beast… Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!”

Question 9

chapter 9
key moment and clues:

Answer 9

• A View to a Death
• Key Moment: Simon is killed by the boys in a frenzied dance during the storm.
• Clues: Thunder and lightning; Simon’s body carried out to sea; “softly, like a kind of dream”.

Question 10

chapter 10
key moment and clues:

Answer 10

• The Shell and the Glasses
• Key Moment: Piggy’s glasses are stolen by Jack’s tribe.
• Clues: Shift of power; “Ralph – remember what we came for. The fire. My specs.”

Question 11

chapter 11
key moment and clues:

Answer 11

• Castle Rock
• Key Moment: Piggy is killed and the conch is destroyed.
• Clues: “The rock struck Piggy”; “the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments”; civilisation shatters.

Question 12

chapter 12
key moment and clues:

Answer 12

• Cry of the Hunters
• Key Moment: Ralph is hunted like a pig and rescued by the naval officer.
• Clues: “We saw your smoke”; boys cry; sudden reintroduction of adult civilisation.